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COMPANY K.
Therete a cap in the closet,
Old, tattered, and bine,
Os veiy alight value,
It may be, to yoa;
Bat* ciown, jewel-stndded,
Could not buy it to-day^
With its letter of honor,
Brave “00. K.” •
The head that it sheltered
.Needs shelter no more
Dead heroes make holy
Th* trifles they wore;
•o, like ebaplet of honor.
Os laurel and bay,
seems the cap of the soldier
Marked “Cos. K. ••
Bright eyes have looked caimiy,
Its. visor beneath,
O’er tfoe work of the Reaper,
Grim Harvester Death i
Letihe musier-roU meagre,
So* mournfully say,
•How foremost in dicker
Went “ Cos. J£.“
Whose footsteps unbroken
Came up to the town,
Where rampart and bastion
Looked threat’njnglv dawn ?
Who, closing up breaches,
• Still kept on their way.
Tilt guns, downward pointed,
Faced “Cos, K?”
Who •faltered, or shivered ?
Who shunned battle-stroke ?
Whose fire was uncertain p
Whose battle-line broke ?
(Jo, ask it of history,
Yearsfrom to-day,
And the records shall tell yon,
Hot “Cos. K.”
Though my darling is sleeping
To-day with the dead,
Ahd daisies and clover
Bloom over his head,
1 smile through my tears
As I lay it away—
That battle-worn cap,
lettered “Cos. K.“
LATE REBEL PAPERS,
r.Pririftthe Richmond Examiner, .Jan. 20.]
Peytons from Wilmington gay that
the version of the disaster at Foil Fisher
\yJiictL sfates that the fort was %iken by
surprise, at least as far as the garrison is
eorreenred, is untrue.
They state that the garrison fought
well, hut were cverwhelmned by num
bers, Hragg having failed to relieve the
force of assault by an attack on the en
en*y*s rear There have been some re
cent dispositions of our forces in the
South and West, details of which are
iiraa tfiifeable..
[From tfce Goldsboro’ Journal, Jan. IT.]
Private a IviCes by the train last night
state that the Yankees were shelling our
forces, near Battery Gatlin, or Sugar
Loaf, some four miles from Port Fisher.
The Journal furnishes all the particulars
which have as yet reached us concerning
the fall of Fort Fisher, with the excep
tion of Gen. Lee’s brief despatch.
It says that the Yankees succeeded in
making a lodgment with their infantry
force, said to have been some eighteen
thousand strong, on the river between
Sugar Loai and Fort Fisher, whore they
at once commenced intrenching. This
lodgment was made probably on Friday
night. Up to ten o’clock on Sunday
night matters were reported satisfactory
by opr.military authorities; but within
piobably halt an hour afterwards the
enemy made a furious assault on Fort
pisher and took it.
TUB ST. ALUANS ROBBERY.
Jan. 24, 1860. In Pariia
mcrit to-day Mr. Galt., the Finance Min
ister, brouf ht down a message from his
Excellency the Governor General, trans
mitting the estimates for the current
year, in whiclt is included some fifty
thousand dollars in gold to make good
the money improperly surrendered in
the case of the Si Albans raiders and
claimed by tire government of the Unit
ed States under the extradition treaty.
~f * — ....... . .. Z
bdl (by an almost unanimous vote in
creating tl»e oflibe' of Com
ihjiperdu-CUief, with the most unpaia
tab.e Addition, for Davis, that doe John
son ottgm, to be restored,to active com
mand. Ode of the Richmond papers of
late date has a doleful article recom
nwhdirg the impressment of alUhe cot-:
Um-mtlie Rebel States, and the aban-’
Honwent of Slavery , in short anythinr
Wideyeiythicg fur the sake of securing
nr-N. Y THbitne, 24:h.
0
Heapq’rh U. 8. Foßcre, Bavahk.au, Ga.,
Jancary 26, IS«6.
Genctat, Ohdkks, )
No. a f
I. Hereafter authorized dealers* of goods im
ported from the North and retailed to citizens of
tbis city, officers and soldiers, will be allowed to
sell at an advance of fifty per cent, upon tlic
cost price of the same or similar goods m New
York City, and in no case will any dealer be al
lowed to sell at a greater profit.
Vegetables, game, fish, oysters and wood,
brought from outside the lines and not imported
(rom the North, will not be exposed for sale at a
greater profit than 200 per cent, above the retail
price of th#same before the rebellion.
11. Authorized hotel and boarding-house keep
ers will be allowed to charge not upwards of ICO
per cent, advance upon the established prices be
fore the rebellion.
111. Officers, soldiers and citizens are invited
to report any violation of the foregoing para
graphs to the Provost Marshal, who wm, upon
t-uch report, arrest thw offender, close his place of
business—if he has one—and turn the case over
to the Provost -Judge for adjudication.
IV. Retail wine and liquor shops, and sales of
wine and liquor to soldiers, are prohibited.
V. Until tnrthcr orders, no letters will be de
livered at the Post Office to citizens not actually
within the Iffies of the defences of Savannah, and
until the census can be taken, and the names of
citizens present registered, no letters will be de
livered without satisfactory evidence of identity.
No written communications will be permitted
to pass outside of the lines into any district in re
bellion, except track as are directly authorized
from these headquarters.
By command of
Bv’t. Maj. Gen. C. GROVER.
Edward G. Disk, A. A. A. G. jimiiG
W OOD LIVING,’’
VJ At reasonable prices, can be had at the
•EAGLE OYSTER and liEFRESHMKNT SA
LOON, in the rear of the New Post, Office, Hnwȣ
Head, S. C. 1 have the very best facilities for
furnishing OYSTERS, CLAMS, MEATS, POUL
TRY, VEGETABLES, &0., from the North and
other places in this vicinity. Cooked t© ordei
from and A. M. to 8 P. M.
PITER FITZGERALD, Projector.
r. S.—One trial is respectfully solicited.
PURCHASING BUREAU . ,
OF
i DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, Ac.
Ovtick, 161 Fulton St., New York.
The undersigned having been chief assistant
'examiner oi .Drugs and Medicines in the New
York Custom House for the pact font- years, pf
fors his services to Druggists throughout the
country. AH purchases wilt be made in the in
toreet of enstoniers, direct from Importers uid
Manufacturers. and all articles thus purchased
are warranted to be reliable.
II N. AVERY. •
(lion. Hiram Fak<t.v,
Refers to *( lion. Roscoe OoNKUae,
C -N. BELLOWS,
• No. 8 Merchants' Row.
Biiton Head 8. C.
Dealer in
BGO'IJS AND SHOES,
t , CLOTHING,
FURNISHING GOODS
And
SU'IjMjEHS' GOODS
Os every description,
. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Hr.,AD»i)u.ircTims U, S. Forcrk t
Savannah. Ga., Jan. LS, 1835. /
GI.NFR.An Op.Liiß. I
No. 7. {
ALL pew ns having Ammunition-in their pos-
ASL session or on the premises occupied bv them
will !>e held, responsible thal they report ihe
same immediately to the l Yovoft Marsh.al, who
will seize the same and lure it over to the Depot
Ordnance Officer.
To insure sentrhy of property, any person
knowing ©J any .Ordnancesecreted, are invited
to report it to the Provost Marshal
By command of .
_ __ _ Bv’t. Mqjor Gen. C. GROVER.
E. G. Dfscit, A A. A. G. * iantiO
HmciHurAErr-Rs IT. S Fona*, >
Savannah., Jim. 26th. 1 Sti', f
Gents a;. Oudek,)
No. 6. f
No further application* for trade or traffic will
be received or considered, until farther
By command of
r< T Bv’t Maj. Gen. GROVER.
Efward G. Dxkh, A. A. A. G. jani-7
|T S. SANITARY COMMISSION,
Corner ©f Congress and Whitaker .Streets,
Savannah’ Ga.
At the place mentioned we have opened etore
rooms and Relief office, where Wo will be glad to
render any service m our power to the soldiers
ami Bailors of thr A rm, awl Sar,. sUJSS
©harge of Hospitals will please send in their re
qmsjlione for stores.
• - 01 n J - C hobut,
jax H Agent jg. s. c.
N magazin ~station-,
tJ >° Br d>piy N. Y. Newspapers,
Hi. Dailv Jlkk.vu), Litararv Papera.
n «Ti &c., at Wholesale
DANN S. MORRISON,
Bux lift, Hftton Head, P. O,
th /'kUJi HOUSE ”
Vm
By W. T. DOUHE & CO,
# No. 105 Bat Street,
of ;
YJiid .Duck, and other game
market
M all tunes.
Headq'b Mil. Drv, ov thr Mianexm.
In-the Field. Savannah. Ga., Jan.l6, 1885.
Special Fipld Oroeks, 1
No. 13. /
The Dcpnnment. of the South having bee®
placed within the sphere of this command, and
it being highly desirable that an uniform polity
prevail touching commerce and intercourse with
the inhabitantr of the South, the following gen
eral rules and principles will be adhered to un
less modified by law or the order* of the War
Department :
L Commerce with foreign nations cannot be
permitted or undertaken until the national au
thority is established to an extent that will give
the necessary courts and officers to control and
manage such matters. Trade will be confined to
a mere barter and sale proportioned to the no
nessary wants of the army, mid of the inhabi
tants dejiendant on it for the necessities of life,
and even that trade mast be kept eubject to strict
military control or surveillance.
11. Trade stores will be perrni ited at Beaufort,
Hilton Head, Savannah, Fernandina, St. Augus
tine and Jacksonville, in all the articles of food
and clothing, groceries, ladies aud childen goods,
generally, and articles not contraband of war.
111. To trade is a privilege, and no person
will be allowed to buy and seu for profit unless
he be a citizen of the United States, and sub
scribe to any legal oath or obligation that is or
may be prescribed by law; and at points threat
ened by an enemy, the officer commanding may
farther exact as a condition, that the trader shall
himself engage to serve, in some military ca
pacity, to aid in the defence of the place.
IV. Persons desiring to trade will apply to
the commanding officer of the Post and obtain
his written consent, Specifying the kind, nature
and extent of the trade, and when he requires
importations from northern cities he will in like
manner apply for his permit. The commanding
officer of the Post may appoint seme good officer
to supervise these mutters, who will frequently
inspect the stores, and when there is not suffi
cient competition will fix the prices of sale.—
These stores will in like manner be subject to
the supervision' of the Commanding General of
the Department of the South by himself or an
inspector General.
V. In order that purchases may be* made with
economy, the commanding officer of each Pest
will make- reports of his action in regard to
trade, with the names of traders, amounts of
goods desired for sale, Ac., to the commanding
general of the department, who will, in like
manner, make full reports to the Secretary of
the United States Treasury, to the end that be
may instruct the collectors of ports from whPh
shipments are expected as to the necessary per*
mks and clearances. It being utterly impracti
cable lira a general commanding military oper
ations should give his personal attention to such
matters, it is desirable that r.s much power as
possibie should be delegated to Post command*
ere, and they shonid be held to the strictest ac
count that no trade is permitted injurious to the
military intercuts of the United States.
YI. Sales of cotton w ill be restricted absolutely
to the United States Treasury agents, and no
title in cotton or bill of sale will be respected
until after the cotton is sold at New YLrk
Country people having smalt lots cf cotton are
permitted to bring the same in to be exchanged
tor food and clothing for their families. The
Quartermaster will set aside a store or ware
house, to which each wagon bearing cotton will,
after entering the military lines proceed direct,
where an agent of t he Treasury Depart went w ill
receive and weigh the same, and pay for it the
price fixed in the Bth section of the Act of Con
gress, approved July 2, I«C4, viz: three-fourths
the value of cotton Rf? quoted in the New Y’erk
market; and the Secretary of the Treasury is
hereby requested to make appointments’qf
agents to carry out tfce provisions of said act at
the posts oi Hilton Head, Savannah, Feraaudi
na and Jacksonville.
YII. in order that the duties hereby impiscd
on commtjndiwg officers of Post* may not be
neglected or slighted by the changes incident to
rank and changes of troops, the Commanding
General of the Department of tfce South vvUJ aji
point a special officer to command at each of
said Posts, with a .small garrhion, not to be
changed without Lis order; aud when other
troops, commanded by a senior, are added or ar
rive,* the command of the post will act change,
but the additional troops will be encamped near
by and act according to special kistructions.
By order of
Maj. Gen. W. T. SHERMAN.
L- M Dm'tn, Major and Asst. Adj’t G-em.
U. S. Fokoeb,
Savannah, Georgia, Jaseary 24,
GENBRAI, ORDERS. \
No. 4. }
I ALL OFFICERS OF THE ARMY ON
*• duty at this Poet, ttiose connected with de
pots excepted, and all citizens within the lines,
are required to report immediately any case of
contagious disease which may co»e to their
knowledge to Surgeon J. C. Morgan, U. S. Vola,
Health Officer of the Post, unless tfce same has
been so reported before,
Any neglect or failure on the part of any
citizen to comply promptly with tbis require,
ment, wul be eonridered a misdemeanor, and
seat before tfce Provost Judge for adjudication.
11. Commanding officers of troops in quarters
wul be bold responsible that the quarters of
their troops are at all times in a thorough state
of peliae. n
By eommand of Brv*t Maj. Gen. GROVER.
JhywxsD G. Dina, A. A. A. Gen’L
WAR DKPARTMKNIh
Ts ' Gwiok ©v Di awrtwa and Gombbal Manages
Mu.-taxt B aileoad. U. S
„ . . 0 Savannah, Jan, 21. LS66.
Gob u. CwinwSmTu :
Colonel— Yoa am hereby appointed Pnperin
teadent m charge of United States Milhvry R*i]-
roada. terminating at Suvannali, Ga.
Respectfully,
Your obeditrit servant,
„ U. C. M ’CA.LLUM, !
, _ r»revet Brig. Gen. Director
( ffaiai** 41 ® 6l>3ra ilai - ii l' e r M. S. R.. U. S.
, J. COKDJT S.WKK,
fiapenalCß leu; F. S. Hi-Ltary H. R.
Mil. Drv. <w ttif Missiewrv*.
In the Field, Savannah, Ga., Jan. 14.
SraciAL Fiklb Orders,! ’
No, 12. f
r being represented that the Confederate
army and armed bands of robbers, actW
professedly under the authority of the Cocfede
rate Government, are harassing the people nr
Georgia and endeavoring to intimidate tbtm b,
the efforts they are making to eeture to them ‘
selves provisions, clothing, security to life and
property, and the restoration of law and xood
government in the State, it is hereby ordered anr 1
made public:
Ist. That the farmers of Georgia may brin./
into Savannah, Fernandina or Jacksonville
Florida, marketing, such as beef, pork, mutton
vegetables of aDy kind, fieh, &e„ as well as coi
ton in small quantities, and sell the same in open
market, eaeept the cotton, which roust be sold bv
or through the Treasury Agents, and may Invew
the proceeds in family stores, such as bacoir
and flour, in any reasonable quantities, groce
Ties, shoes and clothing, and articles notcontra
band of war, and carry the same hack to their
families. No trade store will be attempted it
the interior, or stocks of goods sold forthem.
but families may club together for mutual assist
ance and protection in coming and going.
Sd.'The people are encouraged to meet to.
getber in peaceful assemblages to discuss meas
ures looking to their safety and good governmew
and the restoration of State and National a u
thonty, and will be protected by the National
army when so doing; and all peaceable inkabL
tants who satisfy the. commanding officers that,
they are earnestly laboring to that end, must not
only be left undisturbed m property and person
but must be protected as far as possible, consist'
ent with the military operations. If any farmer
er peaceable inhabitant is molested bv the eno
my, viz: the Confederate army or guerrillas be
cause of his friendship to the National Govern,
ment, the perpetrator, if caught, will be gumma
ly punished, or his family made to suffer for
outrage; but if the crime cannot be traced to the
actual party, then retaliation will be made on
the adherents to the- cause of the. Ecbellion
should a Union man be murdered, then a Rebel
selected by lot will be shot—or if a Union family
be persecuted on account of the cause,
family will be banished to a foreign land. Jr
aggravated cases retaliation will extend as high
as five for one. All commanding officers wOl aci;
promptly iu such esses, and report tier action
after the retaliation is dene.
By order of
Major .General W. T.
L. M. Dayton, A. A. G.
ii.i:.m d,r m,tekß U. 8. Forces,
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 22, 1365
Gxxerral Oudir)
No. 2. {
r IST LIEU'I'. JOHN II CHARLOTTE, R. Q.
i * M., 152 th N. Y. Vols., is hereby announced
as,Relief CcmmiEricncT of the City of Savan
nah, and will rerort in person to the Bv’t, Maj.
Gen. Commanding for instructir ns„.
H. Capt. M. Benedict, 15Gth N. T. Vote., A.
C. M. 2d Division, is announced' as. Provost
Judge of the City of Savannah, 'AT duties a_
which office ho will assume in addition to thos
of his proper effice.
111. Capt. Albert Strains is detached, ftom
his Regiment and is announced as Street Com
missioner of Savannah, and will report in per
son fnr instructions to the Bv’t Me j Gen. Com
manding. • .
IV. Capt. $. a Starr, A. Q. M. 2d Biv., 16th
A. G., is detailed as Post Quartemu'ster. and
will, for the present, perform the duties of that
office in addition to his present duties.
By command of
Bv’t Maj. Gen. GLOVER,
* Epwabi) G. Djxf, A. A. A. G. jan 24—It -
WAR DEPARTMENT;
Adjutant Gknkral’s Os i ics
Washington, February iS, 1804.
Grxeß-\i. Osmaoji )
Ni3. fi4. f
RKKCOEES AND IMICKL nE^EUTEUS.
Whenever refugees from within the Eebe
lines, or deserters Irom the Rebel armies, pre
sent themselves at U. 8. Camps or Military
Posts, they will be immediately examined by the
Provost Marsha) with a view to determine their
character, and their motive in giving ifcemselves
up. If it appear that they arc honest in their in
tontion of forever deserting the Rebel cause, care
will bo taken to explain to them that they wfll
not be forced to serve in the U. S., Amy agaips;.
the Rebels, nor be kept in confinement. The
President's Proclamation, of December 8, 1883,
will be read to them, and if they so desire, the
oath therein prescribed will be administered t*
them. They will then be questioned as to
whether .they desire employment from the Bai
ted States; and if so, such arrangements as may
be expedient will be made by the several Arthy
Commanders for employing them on Govern
ment works within their commands. Those who
come to the Army of the Potomac will be ‘for
warded to the Military Governor of the District
of Columbia, at Washington, with reports in
their cases, tliat employment may be g ven'thetoi
if desired: or, if not,, that they may be sent as fer
North as Philadelphia.
By order of the Secretary of War;
E/D. TOWNSEND.
Official ;
W. L. M. Bcaioi. Assistant Adjtttant Genera
Drugs ,and medicines!i
Just landed from New York, a large aasevt
meut of Drugs, Chemicals, and Perflimery, viz.
Lubinte Extracts, Edrihi’s, do.: (Jolognes, Fcee
adee, Hair tonics of the finest- quality v Tooth Pow
der, Pastes and Washes.
A large quantity of Patent Mcdteines,
and Ojntments.
A nice lot of Balking, Carriage and Velvet
Flea Powder, producing instant death.
FBfe Soda Water from Stone Fountains, with
Ike ohmceet svraps.
will leceire prompt attention,
W. M. WALSH, M. D„
PS Mexchante’ Row.
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